First post - be patient, I’m just getting my feet wet with Home Assistant while migrating from Smartthings 
I have a GoControl RA45110 virtual 3-way dimmer - it has power but controls nothing directly. There’s a “scene 001” and “scene 002” control, which is basically on/off, no other useful configurations.
I have a pair of Linear LB60Z-1 dimmable bulbs that I’d like to control with the dimmer. They have a dimming speed and dimming step configuration - but when I try to change them in the configuration they revert to baseline. They also have a configuration for initial brightness level (full or previous).
In Smartthings (prior to the edge driver implementation), I was able to directly associate the dimmer with the bulbs, allowing me to dim/brighten/on/off by pressing/holding, etc. I gather there are no associations like this in Home Assistant so I cannot associate them directly?
I am able to set up simple automations to link the button and turn the lights on and off. I am kinda able to set up a sort of “hold key up/down and get a step bright/dim”, but nothing smooth like I had in Smartthings and brightness tends to jump or turn off - and it’s making me regret migrating these particular items from Smartthings because I’m going to lose WAF over this for sure.
Is there something I’m overlooking, or a way to set this up to behave as it did in Smartthings? I’m awful with yaml (but know how to access and can copy/paste), the visual editors have really made HA accessible for me, but I still don’t fully understand the automation chains (building blocks, etc.).
Thank you in advance!